Thursday, February 11, 2010

High School Project Act 34 Hearing Information

The District has posted on its website the relevant information regarding Act 34. I will post that text in full below, but first, you need to know two things.

First, any email comments you wish to make regarding Act 34 should be sent to the Board Secretary and NOT to the school board. Emails sent to the Board will not be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Please email your comments to boardsecretary@mtlsd.net

For those without email access, written comments can also be mailed to the District at:

Mt Lebanon School District
Board Secretary
7 Horsman Drive
Mt Lebanon, PA 15228

Second, if you wish to reserve some time to speak at the meeting then you will need to stop by the District offices in order to get your name on the agenda.

The full text of the announcement is below:
MT LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE MT LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES TAKE NOTICE that the Board of School Directors of the Mt Lebanon School District has scheduled a public hearing in the AUDITORIUM (my edit: changed from Fine Arts Theatre) located at the High School, 7 Horsman Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15228, on February 22, 2010 at 7:00 o’clock P.M. The purpose of this hearing is to review the proposed renovation and addition to the High School and to receive public comments.

The public hearing is to be held pursuant to the requirements of the Pennsylvania Public School Code of 1949, approved March 10, 1949, as amended, including amendments made pursuant to Act No. 34 of the Session of 1973 of the General Assembly.

The Board has approved and adopted a maximum building construction cost of $44,977,920 and a maximum project cost of $113,274,765 for the renovation and addition to the High School Building.

Description of the project, including facts with respect to educational, physical, administrative, budgetary and fiscal matters related to the projects, will be available on January 28, 2010, and may be obtained weekdays between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. at the Mt Lebanon School District Administration Office, 7 Horsman Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15228. The booklet and the facts contained therein will also be available and presented at such public hearing.

All residents of the School District are invited to attend and may gain agenda time by signing to speak by 4:00 P.M., February 17, 2010 in the District Administration Offices. Written testimony may be submitted to the Board Secretary prior to the hearing. Testimony and questions by citizens who have signed to speak at the hearing shall be limited to four (4) minutes.

Written comments will also be received by the Board Secretary until 12:00 o’clock Noon on April 5, 2010 at the Administration Offices, 7 Horsman Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15228.

MT LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Janice Klein, Secretary
Mt Lebanon Board of School Directors